Initial ratings that were leaked via the social app Flixter scored the movie a 48 percent on the Tomatometer, but when official ratings were released on Thursday, they brought that number down by 5 percentage points.

Rotten Tomatoes revealed its rating for "Justice League" on Thursday, the day before the film's opening, as part of Rotten Tomatoes' new "See It/Skip It" Facebook show.

Rotten Tomatoes has become one of the most influential movie review sites for potential moviegoers. Entertainment Weekly noted that Warner Bros. owns a minority stake in Rotten Tomatoes through owners Fandango, which "may or may not" be a factor in the "Justice League" rating delay.

Bad ratings could hurt the film's debut this weekend, but that has not stopped other critics from issuing lukewarm reviews for "Justice League."

Vanity Fair‘s Richard Lawson said, "The film is, plainly stated, terrible, and I'm sorry that everyone wasted their time and money making it—and that people are being asked to waste their time and money seeing it," Slashfilm noted.

Variety's Owen Glieberman added that "Justice League" had some good and bad moments, but it "ultimately ekes out just enough entertainment value to warrant a look-see. … ultimately just an adequate adventure flick."

Rotten Tomatoes' delayed "Justice League" review has finally been released, and it is bad. The Warner Bros. film made a debut rating of 43 percent and has since dropped to 38 percent on the Tomatometer, as of Friday morning.